Baptism

Alternate Labels

• washing (Ephesians 5:26; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 10:22)

Web Links

• Baptism in the Early Church
• A New Look at Baptism | Open Source Theology
• A Dissertation Concerning the Baptism of Jewish Proselytes | by John Gill
• The Effects of Baptism | by Thomas Aquinas
• Schaff-Herzog on Baptism
• Comparative Summary of Baptisms of Denominations of Christian Influence | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Spirit-Baptism in the Fourth Gospel: A Messianic Reading of John 1:33 | by Cornelis Bennema
• Baptism in the Indian Context – An Event of Separation or Human Solidarity? | David C. Scott
• The Place of Christian Baptism | by Frederick D. Kershner
• Christian Baptism: With Its Antecedents and Consequents | by Alexander Campbell
• Is Baptism Required for Salvation? | by J.P. Hold
• The Christian Ordinances | by C. H. Forney
• Baptism Revisited, An Excerpt on Baptism from Simply Christian | by N. T. Wright
• The Ordinance of Baptism | by John Winebrenner
• In Defense of Infant Baptism | by Don Matzat
• Baptism | by Francis A. Schaeffer
• A Reformed Defense of Paedobaptism | by R. Scott Clark
• True Baptism | by Hans Hut (a defense of the Anabaptism position)
• The Catholic Encyclopedia on Baptism
• WebBible Encyclopedia on Christian Baptism
• RefBible on Baptism and Baptising
• The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia’s article on Baptism

Key Passages

• Matthew 3:11
• Matthew 3:16
• Mark 16:16
• John 3:5
• John 3:23
• Acts 2:38
• Acts 8:12
• Acts 8:36-38
• Acts 22:16
• Romans 6:3-4
• 1 Corinthians 12:13
• Galatians 3:27
• Ephesians 4:5
• Colossians 2:12
• 1 Peter 3:21

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